{"id":14849,"date":"2024-07-10T07:53:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/?p=14849"},"modified":"2024-07-12T08:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T13:06:53","slug":"the-spirit-in-the-old-testament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/14849\/the-spirit-in-the-old-testament\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit in the Old Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastor John,<\/span><\/p>\n

I was trying to find the scripture that somebody confused me on.\u00a0 He was telling me that someone in the Old Testament had the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues\u2026\u00a0 I wondered if it was a different language or something because it was written in the scripture what he was saying.\u00a0 I can\u2019t find it.\u00a0 I thought he said it was Samson, but I haven\u2019t found it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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John said in John 7,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, \u201cIf anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. He who believes in me, as the scripture said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. But he spoke this about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were going to receive, for\u00a0the holy Spirit was not yet\u00a0given because Jesus was not yet glorified.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Nobody, not even Jesus\u2019 own disciples, received the Spirit before Jesus was resurrected, ascended into heaven, was accepted as a sacrificed for our sins, and glorified.\u00a0\u00a0That is why Paul said in 1Corinthians 15:17, \u201cIf Christ is not risen, y<\/em>our faith is pointless;\u00a0y<\/em>ou are still in\u00a0y<\/em>our sins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Mormons teach that all the righteous from the foundation of the world received the baptism of the Spirit, but that is false.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus was not glorified until Acts 2.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

    Your friend may be thinking of the story in Daniel when there was handwriting on the plaster of the wall in the king\u2019s palace: \u201cMENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN.\u00a0\u00a0But that was written in a language that everybody present understood.\u00a0\u00a0They just could not interpret the meaning of the words.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

    Other than that, I have no idea what could make anyone think that\u00a0people\u00a0in the Old Testament received the Spirit and spoke on tongues\u00a0before Jesus paid the price for it.\u00a0\u00a0That simply is not true.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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    My second question is another thing that kind of throws me off.\u00a0\u00a0The truth tells us that the Holy Ghost came after Jesus presented himself as a sacrifice to God so he can send it down to us.\u00a0\u00a0I believe Jesus gave me an answer on this question already, but I wanted to ask you anyways. My question is,\u00a0did God allow the Holy Ghost to fall on certain people just for a time before Acts 2?\u00a0\u00a0I thought yes, but only for a small time.\u00a0\u00a0But wasn\u2019t sure how to think about it.\u00a0\u00a0I appreciate your help!\u00a0\u00a0Thank you Pastor John!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Isaac M.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    The Spirit came upon everyone whom God used in the Old Testament, but none of them received the Spirit so that their nature was changed.\u00a0\u00a0None of them was born again.\u00a0\u00a0None of them were made new creatures in Christ.\u00a0 Thast blessing came at a price which none but the Son of God could pay.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

    Thank you for the questions.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

    Pastor John<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

    Tell us what you think:<\/span><\/p>\n

    https:\/\/x.com\/WitnessofSpirit\/status\/1811748849708351893<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Pastor John, I was trying to find the scripture that somebody confused me on.\u00a0 He was telling me that someone in the Old Testament had the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues\u2026\u00a0 I wondered if it was a different language or something because it was written in the scripture what he was saying.\u00a0 I can\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14849"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14853,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14849\/revisions\/14853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}